# SII 14.170: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 170. (A.R. No. 330 of 1916.) TIRUVĀLĪŚVARAM,
AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VĀLĪŚVARAM TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0170

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0170.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription belongs to the 21st year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ
Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of 35 cows by a maid-servant of
queen Ulaguḍaiya-pirāṭṭiyār name Bhaktargaḷ-paṇḍāram, for burning a
perpetual lamp to god Tiruvālīśvaram-uḍaiya-Emberumāṉ at
Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koccaṭaiyavarma⟨2⟩rāyiṉa Uṭaiyār śrīcuntara ⟨3⟩
coḻapāṇṭiyatevarkku yā⟨4⟩ṇṭu 2 10⁓Āvatu rājarājap⟨5⟩pāṇṭi nāṭṭu
muṭikoṇṭa⟨6⟩coḻa vaḷanāṭṭu (muḷḷi) nāṭṭu ⟨7⟩ (bra)hmadeyam rājarāca
caturveti⟨8⟩maṅkalattut tiruvaraliśvaramuṭai⟨9⟩ya Emperumāṉukku
Ulakuṭaiya⟨10⟩pirāṭṭiyār veḷattup peṇṭāṭṭi ⟨11⟩ pattarkaḷ paṇṭāram
vaiytta tiruṉun⟨12⟩tāviḷakku Oṉṟu tirununtāviḷakku ⟨13⟩ (Oṉṟukku) nittam
Uḻakku ney [2+] ⟨14⟩ [2+] riy (Aṭṭak)kaṭṭavaṉāka Iv⟨15⟩vūr Irukkum
paṭaiyttalaiva⟨16⟩ṉ nācakaṉ kūḻvāṇaiy va⟨17⟩cam meṟpaṭiyāṉ vaiytta cāvā
⟨18⟩ muvāppacu mu⟨p⟩patta(ñcu) Ippacu ⟨19⟩ mu⟨p⟩pattañcuṅkoṇṭu

## Commentary

⟨19⟩ koṇṭu. The continuation is not traceable.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.170 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/330) by Ramanatha
Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume
XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological
survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 94–95, item 170.